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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote Mimesis and Philogog?
(a) Henry Thomas Colebrooke.
(b) Claude Levi-Strauss.
(c) Erich Auerbach.
(d) Eduard Sachau.

2. Over what period of time was Leopold von Ranke's Weltgeschichte published?
(a) 1862-1865.
(b) 1821-1825.
(c) 1900-1905.
(d) 1881-1888.

3. Who wrote The Races of Man?
(a) Barthelemy d'Herbelot.
(b) Robert Knox.
(c) Anquetil-Duperron.
(d) Simon Ockley.

4. Who is the author of Chapters on the Principles of International Law?
(a) Barthelemy d'Herbelot.
(b) John Westlake.
(c) Simon Ockley.
(d) Anquetil-Duperron.

5. When was the National Defense Education Act established that linked the Social Science Research Council and Middle Eastern Studies?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1962.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the author assert "sought liberation for himself outside the orthodox community by asking for, and finally getting, the very crucifixion refused by islam as a whole"?

2. When did the Arab oil boycott take place historically?

3. Who is the author of Social Evolution, published in 1894?

4. When was William Muir's The Caliphate, Its Rise, Decline and Fall published?

5. When was the essay "L'Occident devant l"orient: Primaute d'une Solution Culturelle" published?

Short Essay Questions

1. How many books were written between 1800 and 1950 regarding the Orient? What does the author assert about these works in Chapter 3?

2. What led up to the Yom Kippur War?

3. In what way does Edward Said compare Orientalism to a political doctrine in Chapter 3?

4. Who was T. E. Lawrence and what were his contributions to Orientalism?

5. Who wrote "The White Man's Burden" and why does the author discuss this work in Chapter 3?

6. What did R. N. Cust say about the Semitic-Islamic subfield of Orientalism at the Orientalist congress in Paris between 1873 and 1897?

7. How did Wilhelm Dilthey's ideas influence Orientalism?

8. What were the differences between the pilgrimages to the Orient by Chateaubriand and others such as Flaubert, Vigny, Nerval and others?

9. Howd does the author compare the worsk of Renan and Sacy in Chapter 2: Orientalist Structures and Restructures, Part III: Oriental Residence and Scholarship: The Requirements of Lexicography and Imagination?

10. How does the author describe the Orient's depictions in the works of Byron and Hugo in Chapter 2?

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